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ComedyDrama

The Idiots

- Society is the mother of all Idiots.

A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

Release Date : 1998-04-28

Language :Danish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Zentropa EntertainmentsDR TVLa Sept CinémaLiberator ProductionsVPROArgus Film ProduktieZDF/Arte

Production Country : DenmarkFranceGermanyNetherlands

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Bodil Jørgensen

Character Name : Karen

Original Name : Bodil Jørgensen

Gender : Female

Jens Albinus

Character Name : Stoffer

Original Name : Jens Albinus

Gender : Male

Anne Louise Hassing

Character Name : Susanne

Original Name : Anne Louise Hassing

Gender : Female

Troels Lyby

Character Name : Henrik

Original Name : Troels Lyby

Gender : Male

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Character Name : Jeppe

Original Name : Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Gender : Male

Louise Mieritz

Character Name : Josephine

Original Name : Louise Mieritz

Gender : Female

Henrik Prip

Character Name : Ped

Original Name : Henrik Prip

Gender : Male

Luis Mesonero

Character Name : Miguel

Original Name : Luis Mesonero

Gender : Male

Trine Michelsen

Character Name : Nana

Original Name : Trine Michelsen

Gender : Female

Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis

Character Name : Katrine

Original Name : Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis

Gender : Female

Paprika Steen

Character Name : High Class Lady

Original Name : Paprika Steen

Gender : Female

Erik Wedersøe

Character Name : Stoffer's Uncle

Original Name : Erik Wedersøe

Gender : Male

Michael Moritzen

Character Name : Man from Municipality

Original Name : Michael Moritzen

Gender : Male

Anders Hove

Character Name : Josephine's Father

Original Name : Anders Hove

Gender : Male

Jan Elle

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Jan Elle

Gender : Male

Claus Strandberg

Character Name : Guide at Factory

Original Name : Claus Strandberg

Gender : Male

Jens Jørn Spottag

Character Name : Boss at Advertising Agency

Original Name : Jens Jørn Spottag

Gender : Male

John Martinus

Character Name : Man in Morning-Jacket

Original Name : John Martinus

Gender : Male

Lars Bjarke

Character Name : Rocker #1

Original Name : Lars Bjarke

Gender : Male

Ewald Larsen

Character Name : Rocker #2

Original Name : Ewald Larsen

Gender : Male

Christian Friis

Character Name : Rocker #3

Original Name : Christian Friis

Gender : Male

Hans Henrik Clemensen

Character Name : Karen's Husband - Anders

Original Name : Hans Henrik Clemensen

Gender : Male

Lone Lindorff

Character Name : Karen's Mother

Original Name : Lone Lindorff

Gender : Female

Erno Müller

Character Name : Karen's Grandfather

Original Name : Erno Müller

Gender : Male

Regitze Estrup

Character Name : Karen's Sister - Louise

Original Name : Regitze Estrup

Gender : Female

Lotte Munk

Character Name : Karen's Sister - Britta

Original Name : Lotte Munk

Gender : Female

Marina Bouras

Character Name : Axel's Wife

Original Name : Marina Bouras

Gender : Female

Julie Wieth

Character Name : Woman with 2 Kids

Original Name : Julie Wieth

Gender : Female

Kirsten Vaupel

Character Name : Art Class Lady #1

Original Name : Kirsten Vaupel

Gender : Female

Lillian Tillegreen

Character Name : Art Class Lady #2

Original Name : Lillian Tillegreen

Gender : Female

Birgit Conradi

Character Name : Art Class Lady #3

Original Name : Birgit Conradi

Gender : Female

Peter Frøge

Character Name : Man in the Swimmingpool

Original Name : Peter Frøge

Gender : Male

Albert Wichmann

Character Name : High Class Man

Original Name : Albert Wichmann

Gender : Male

Ditlev Weddelsborg

Character Name : Severin at Advertising Agency

Original Name : Ditlev Weddelsborg

Gender : Male

Jesper Sønderaas

Character Name : Svendsen at Advertising Agency

Original Name : Jesper Sønderaas

Gender : Male

Svend Erik Plannthin

Character Name : Mongoloid

Original Name : Svend Erik Plannthin

Gender : Male

Torben Meyrowitsch

Character Name : Mongoloid

Original Name : Torben Meyrowitsch

Gender : Male

Lis Bente Petersen

Character Name : Mongoloid

Original Name : Lis Bente Petersen

Gender : Male

Palle Lorentz Emiliussen

Character Name : Mongoloid

Original Name : Palle Lorentz Emiliussen

Gender : Male

Axel Schmidt

Character Name : Mongoloid

Original Name : Axel Schmidt

Gender : Male

Iris Albøge

Character Name : Qualified Carer

Original Name : Iris Albøge

Gender : Male

Lars von Trier

Character Name : Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Lars von Trier

Gender : Male

Louise Clausen

Character Name : Rocker Girl

Original Name : Louise Clausen

Gender : Male

Knud Romer

Character Name : Axel

Original Name : Knud Romer

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-25

I'm really not one for surreal cinema, so after the first ten minutes of this I was starting to dread it. Well, I didn't. It's really quite a fun observational drama that follows a disparate group of friends who live on the outskirts of Copenhagen in an house that their leader "Stoffer" (Jens Albinus) is supposed to be selling. They survive on a diet of eating, drinking, getting stoned and shagged but mostly by implementing scamming scenarios in which they all pretend - to varying degrees - to be, well, idiots! It proves quite a successful ploy for getting free meals, cash - they play well on the embarrassment their behaviour can be for the "ordinary" folk who really just want them to go away! These are partially cynical activities, but they also serve to illustrate just how mundane day-to-day life can be, and with the aid of their new member "Karen" (Bodil Jørgensen) - who does actually, we discover, have some rather more serious baggage - we embark on quite a funny two hours of slapstick-cum-darkly, sometimes debauched, humorous antics. Now, personally, I didn't much like the "Stoffer" character - he had a degree of megalomania about him, but the rest of this mixes the serious with the foolish, the characterful with the banal and raises a smile all quite engagingly - even if some of it can be borderline excruciating to watch!